The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25
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10 the six sliopg We went into inner rooms
end had quiet aud ea.1l aec!uaien to enjoy the
rolls Of aatlnsi silks. crspeU, gauzes And
rauaies IN 81 the HuitAnd brilliant g0lors tillgi
The Chinese cHn dye go well. Fine grass
rioth8l ~ sheer as linegg clnlbTle, but strong
a. drilling, With O hiHtre Ike gAtEu, temples
ole n t6ese h0t climates where only wash
dresses are snaurAbie aud enc fresh white
dress eeor5 day ia the regulation, and there
are soft wishing fiiks IN the pezest blues
pnss and iiiacs that can be put IN the tub
without trsmor. IN Vic larger Six shpns
they wall on You with uncODset1l and with al
most scqgnf8 ind Itsre Ice, arid lter yuu have
begHBjed yourself, miaie You teel that yours
IS potty tranaactiun i1r them. Ono could NOT
be more etfeetDally EEuhbed by the CLERKS in
certain i1rOadwny Btosc8. One siik nerrh nnt
ran after 1B 70 get lls INTO has place and az
len Me had shalsGu our heads Al all his rolls
Of llk he brought 0lit nome much worn
dresses covered with nliIBroideria5 that would
make a saint eltVlouH. There was one old
rntIn r0llB fHdsd down to the most artistic
Of dull, piHkisil red, ca hieh was efnbroid-
cred no end d whirltnE dragons with tn9
bottom 81 the skirt an conventional blue AMI
white waFeB AND spray and she upDrr ar
feekOd with slpHds iir asked 81 p for II, no
fint an offer Of s. was sufficient. There was
q plfm-cStorgd satin coat enbroldored Wtth
fOwerB in soft blue and EreenlEh white with
q rainbow border Of butterflies, and q yell
low silk petiicoat all iiuttaIiuE with bright
butterflies EHd rather things g tempting ana
GORGEOUS, for which tlIe old scamp WouLQ
regularly take less iliHn hdh his iirst price.
We watched EilyersnitbB beating away at
thG gold and silver hRirpins that hold the
FpinnIkgble locks and loops Of hair that the
IiGn lain WGIdgn wear ana Q few OF them
uerC near with their hair built up and plas-
tered ont into auyil-shapad knobs on their
heads or EtiE6ucd out into enc thin strip ike
living buttFess and held by these ornament
Elpins. The porcelain shops had little that
was tine but mugh that is curious to any one
who does not live in China, aud ono wants
barrel full OF the queerty-shGped porcelain
tsHpats, and the HHniLOW teapets made OF
finely worked red clay thai are supposed to
improve the flavor Of the tea the longer they
are in use. GRmels'-halr rugs are specially
OF Iien Ism, and IN tho Old city there are @
dozen places where one can see them WORKING
at the upright frames and slowly weaving IN
the tufts OF camsiR hair and Tightening the
work with steel comb. The camel trains
that go from Peking over to SlbeTlR carrying
the tea audmerehBHdtsgt for the russian trade
furnish the WOOL and the oaInels shed their
hair in spring time in great rolls and tufts,
so that they need neither clipping nor comb
ing tp get il. Tho camel drivers pick 1t OIL
by handsfull and in long strips and here IL
iR bleached, dyed and woven. The coiors usu-
ally employed are dark blue, hight grayish
btue, white and the natural brown color OF
the hair after II ID washed. When let alone
the wgRyeTs made the carpets OF these mar
mUulUuB colgTa, with key pattern IN dark
blue for q border, an intricate EeometTlcal
figure or character for centre piece ana
EfgtNU OF NtiibB OF t0JuIA4 bluHll NllbtNAA
with conventional blue butterflies. These
went chsrmingly with q room full of Old blue
and white porcelain and CnnunlBeurF have
mnde some wonderfully artistic intorlOr5 out
here. The Weavcrs have lately taken great
fancy to aniline dyes and cabbage rose pat
terms, and one sees some awful Nightmares IN
the experimenting places. Fifteen cents
square foot is the way thy charge for them,
and they only weave as the orders arc given
them,
In China, as in Japan, one meets with the
sad fact that tho best fans made III these
countries are 10 be bOugnt in New l "rk and
not on the spot. The buyers for eriGan
importers seem to get hold Of all the Dest fan
makers, buy mp all they have, and keep them
Mt work on their orders fOl thouB1mds and
millions OF fans. One dreams Of picking up
exquisite fans for Il song here on their native
heath, but it Is rarely done, aud then one
DAYS perhaps more than the New York price.
Diligent search through lien Isln fan shops
brought me only some large scoop fans Of
fine rice paper, painted with figure groups in
soft cOlarg In the real CHTlO Shops where
Chinese GOnnOIsssurE go, there are Jade and
crystal, bronze UHu porcelain tlluEs whose
prices HTe more startling than their beauty,
but which IRE wrapped in silk and handled
20 revprentIy and Htfecti0nateiy that one has
to treat the things with respect,